Grayson’s (D-Fl) attack on the defunding of Acorn as a “bill of atainder” should be directed towards the administration for the pay reductions on Wall Street. While I don’t agree with the way those firms are doing business, the government should make their displeasure known by removing support for the firms, not by managing the firms.
October 24, 2009
sex is just as bad as terrorism
According to Mr Pfeifer of the San Angelo Catholic Diocese: 
pornography is an evil that should not be tolerated, and that all good citizens must use every effort, even political and legal means, to eradicate this cancer from our society.
really? How about getting your priorities straight first.
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October 18, 2009
Insurance? Really?
I keep seeing this huge debate going on over “Health Insurance”. People have this crazy notion that everyone is entitled to affordable health insurance and that they furthermore, have a right to health care.
Unfortunately, people also seem to have a very warped idea of the basic purpose of insurance which is to spread risk. Many, chiefly Obama, want to spread risk by forcing younger healthy people who don’t use health serves to pay for the older sicker people who are demanding services at a huge discount. I have car insurance. It doesn’t pay for gas, oil, wind-shield wiper fluid, or even new tires. Similiarly, health insurance should not be expected to cover all of your diabetes testing supplies, every flu shot you get, or your annual checkup.
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October 13, 2009
More on the peace prize
If the Nobel Peace Prize was given to Obama not in recognition of his contribution towards world peace, but rather to influence his decision and attempt to modify US foreign policy (as many have speculated), it would appear that the office of the President of the United States is up for sale for a remarkably paltry sum of 10 million kronar.
No wonder republican presidents don’t get this prize, they cost more to bribe. ;-P
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October 9, 2009
WTF?
Just over two and a half hours ago at 6am EST it was announced that US President Barack Hussein Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. After being inaugurated on January 20, he was nominated for this (formerly) prestigious award just two weeks later on Feb 1 (the deadline for nominations).
Really? In addition, what the heck did he do during those two weeks that deserved a fricken Nobel Peace Prize? This is worse than Al Gore getting the prize for running around the world in a carbon spewing jet to say how bad flying around in jets is for the ecosystem.
All partisanship aside, if this award can be given to someone who, at the time, had not done ANYTHING then it has lost all meaning. Apparently, according to former winner Desmond Tutu, it is to encourage him.
I want some frickin encouragement; give me the Nobel Prize for Economics and I promise to contribute at some point.
Although this is basically the most pointed way the rest of the world can take that last parting shot at the Bush administration (and Obama should realize this, it is less about him than it is about Bush), it ignores all the actual accomplishments by people around the world who deserved this award.
Way to go people.